basschick
03-11-2008, 07:07 AM
give each reviewer their own login. there are two reasons for this - 1 is that if one of the logins is abused in some way, you can delete that login without turning off the others. 2 is that you can see which reviewers are logging into your site and how often they are.
don't send out 1 week logins to reviewers. in a perfect world, we'd be able to review every site submitted within a week. this is NOT a perfect world, however. sometimes we'll hear from 20 or 30 sites all at once wanting to be reviewed. please send at least a 30 day access - it doesn't cost you anything, and makes it more likely your site won't be moved to the bottom of the queue when we discover the login you sent doesn't work. and big programs like nastydollars often give out passes that last a year or even forever, so whenever they have a new site, we can review it right away.
a lot of smaller site owners are shy about having their sites reviewed, but consider this: most review sites will happily update your review once your site has had time to grow. in the meantime, why not enjoy some sales while the site is small? even if your site only has 10 videos, if they're great quality or your site has real personality, you'll probably get a pretty positive review even if your rating for site size isn't the highest.
in the last few months i wrote to most of the sites listed on gaydemon asking for a login so we could update the reviews. probably 75% of the webmasters who responded wrote to say could i hold off on the review - they were currently redoing their member area. i heard that from over 80 webmasters. guess how many have written to say the they're ready for the review a few months later. give up? none - zero - nada - zip. how about if you send reviewers the login when asked, and when your new member area is ready, email the reviewers and let them rewrite it at that time? the truth is that few websites are ever really finished - if you let the reviewer know the site is under construction, they'll probably update the content info and wait till your new layout is done to rereview that.
don't write and tell the reviewers what they should say about your site. most reviewers have seen a lot of paysites - i've reviewed over 2500 sites myself. we know how your site compares to other similar sites in terms of video size and quality, we know what we or are clients need in terms of facts and description. several times site owners wrote to tell us we shouldn't say their site is small because they work so hard on their content. well, folks, here's the deal - your members will figure out that your site is small when they see you have 12 pic sets and 4 movies. if we tell them that honestly, all the traffic the review will send will be interested in what your site honestly has to offer. that leads to better conversions and much lower chargebacks. if your content quality is great, don't worry - most reviewers will tell the readers that, too.
okay, that's a start for now. i'll ask bjorn and rel to post here - i bet they have some more useful tips!
don't send out 1 week logins to reviewers. in a perfect world, we'd be able to review every site submitted within a week. this is NOT a perfect world, however. sometimes we'll hear from 20 or 30 sites all at once wanting to be reviewed. please send at least a 30 day access - it doesn't cost you anything, and makes it more likely your site won't be moved to the bottom of the queue when we discover the login you sent doesn't work. and big programs like nastydollars often give out passes that last a year or even forever, so whenever they have a new site, we can review it right away.
a lot of smaller site owners are shy about having their sites reviewed, but consider this: most review sites will happily update your review once your site has had time to grow. in the meantime, why not enjoy some sales while the site is small? even if your site only has 10 videos, if they're great quality or your site has real personality, you'll probably get a pretty positive review even if your rating for site size isn't the highest.
in the last few months i wrote to most of the sites listed on gaydemon asking for a login so we could update the reviews. probably 75% of the webmasters who responded wrote to say could i hold off on the review - they were currently redoing their member area. i heard that from over 80 webmasters. guess how many have written to say the they're ready for the review a few months later. give up? none - zero - nada - zip. how about if you send reviewers the login when asked, and when your new member area is ready, email the reviewers and let them rewrite it at that time? the truth is that few websites are ever really finished - if you let the reviewer know the site is under construction, they'll probably update the content info and wait till your new layout is done to rereview that.
don't write and tell the reviewers what they should say about your site. most reviewers have seen a lot of paysites - i've reviewed over 2500 sites myself. we know how your site compares to other similar sites in terms of video size and quality, we know what we or are clients need in terms of facts and description. several times site owners wrote to tell us we shouldn't say their site is small because they work so hard on their content. well, folks, here's the deal - your members will figure out that your site is small when they see you have 12 pic sets and 4 movies. if we tell them that honestly, all the traffic the review will send will be interested in what your site honestly has to offer. that leads to better conversions and much lower chargebacks. if your content quality is great, don't worry - most reviewers will tell the readers that, too.
okay, that's a start for now. i'll ask bjorn and rel to post here - i bet they have some more useful tips!